English translation: comb scraps/fragments and cappings
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12:09 Jul 17, 2009
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Apiculture
French term or phrase:brèches et opercules
Hi,
The above term is taken from a list of specifications for a wax boiler. The full sentence is as follows:
"Permet la fonte au bain-marie des brèches et des opercules"
Any help would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance.
Explanation: Brèche : Rayons des alvéoles contenant le miel, le pollen et les larves.
Désoperculation : Opération qui consiste à enlever les opercules fermant les alvéoles des rayons contenant le miel www.madadoc.mg/v4896_MEM 14 281.pdf
BRÈCHE ... 4. Fragment de rayon de cire extrait de la ruche OPERCULE 1. Apic. Mince couvercle qui ferme les cellules des abeilles RAYON 1. Gâteau de cire fait par les abeilles et constitué d'un grand nombre d'alvéoles disposés sur les deux faces.
but at a very low power and add my dirty wax and FRAGMENTS OF COMB IN CHUNKS ...
website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/waxmelting.htm
cells caps
Those not possessing a steam or solar extractor must find an alternative method of separating the wax from the REMAINS OF THE COMBS. However this is not as daunting as it may seem. Here is one method. It requires a reasonably large container in proportion to the volume of wax, and a source of heat to raise the temperature of the water high enough to melt the wax.
The essential principle is to enclose the WAX SCRAPS inside a fabric which will retain the largest fragments of dirt, and then submerse the whole lot in a vessel (see precautions on metal vessels) large enough to contain the wax and a volume of water hot enough to melt out the wax. http://www.scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/learning/documents/numb...
They support the most fragile of comb and allow the UNCAPPING and extraction of comb from fixed comb hives, and even from the COMB FRAGMENTS from skeps
[ ...
In this box he will also place, and without danger of robbing, the FRAGMENTS OF COMB, the scrapings, wax, honey and even propolis
[... ]
In both cases everything melts – honey and wax – and drips into the receiver under the sieve. Cooling separates the wax and the honey. The CAPPINGS OF COMB put in the extractor can be treated in the same way. Honey obtained by this method is of poorer quality.
It will often be more economical to give all the COMB FRAGMENTS to colonies low on stores http://www.mygarden.ws/beekeeping_for_all.pdf
Explanation: Brèche : Rayons des alvéoles contenant le miel, le pollen et les larves.
Désoperculation : Opération qui consiste à enlever les opercules fermant les alvéoles des rayons contenant le miel www.madadoc.mg/v4896_MEM 14 281.pdf
BRÈCHE ... 4. Fragment de rayon de cire extrait de la ruche OPERCULE 1. Apic. Mince couvercle qui ferme les cellules des abeilles RAYON 1. Gâteau de cire fait par les abeilles et constitué d'un grand nombre d'alvéoles disposés sur les deux faces.
but at a very low power and add my dirty wax and FRAGMENTS OF COMB IN CHUNKS ...
website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/waxmelting.htm
cells caps
Those not possessing a steam or solar extractor must find an alternative method of separating the wax from the REMAINS OF THE COMBS. However this is not as daunting as it may seem. Here is one method. It requires a reasonably large container in proportion to the volume of wax, and a source of heat to raise the temperature of the water high enough to melt the wax.
The essential principle is to enclose the WAX SCRAPS inside a fabric which will retain the largest fragments of dirt, and then submerse the whole lot in a vessel (see precautions on metal vessels) large enough to contain the wax and a volume of water hot enough to melt out the wax. http://www.scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/learning/documents/numb...
They support the most fragile of comb and allow the UNCAPPING and extraction of comb from fixed comb hives, and even from the COMB FRAGMENTS from skeps
[ ...
In this box he will also place, and without danger of robbing, the FRAGMENTS OF COMB, the scrapings, wax, honey and even propolis
[... ]
In both cases everything melts – honey and wax – and drips into the receiver under the sieve. Cooling separates the wax and the honey. The CAPPINGS OF COMB put in the extractor can be treated in the same way. Honey obtained by this method is of poorer quality.
It will often be more economical to give all the COMB FRAGMENTS to colonies low on stores http://www.mygarden.ws/beekeeping_for_all.pdf
xxxBourth Local time: 20:40 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 94
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Thanks so much for your help with this! I went with "comb scraps and cappings" in the end : )
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